Political scientist: In the current situation, Turkey and Azerbaijan  are trying to force Armenia to virtually unilateral concessions

ArmInfo.Due to the results  of last year's war and the existence of a trilateral statement of  November 9, 2020, the Armenian authorities simply cannot avoid  talking about unblocking the borders, establishing diplomatic  relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Director of the Caucasus  Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo.

"It is clear that in the current situation Turkey and Azerbaijan are  trying to force Armenia to virtually unilateral concessions. Since,  by and large, there is nothing to offer Yerevan in exchange. The  situation is very difficult and with its statements the government  seeks to instill all this in society. Turks and Azerbaijanis need a  safe corridor through the territory of Armenia. In response, Armenia  proposes to open all communications, as provided by the very  agreement of November 9, "he said.

According to Iskandaryan, Armenia is still holding on, however, in  its current state, it is objectively incapable of defending its own  interests at the negotiating table with Turkey and Azerbaijan.  Moreover, the political scientist is convinced that the process of  demarcation and delimitation of borders between Armenia and  Azerbaijan, in fact, has nothing to do with either demarcation or  delimitation.

"Of course, I do not deny that the trilateral commission with the  participation of the deputy prime ministers of Armenia, Russia and  Azerbaijan is working towards unblocking communications, but the  efficiency of all these actions is a big question.  Especially in the  conditions of war lost by Artsakh and Armenia and the subsequent  sharp drop of the level of security and image of our country, "he  said.

Noting that the building of the state and statehood is carried out  through a difficult and long path, Iskandaryan stressed that 30 years  of Armenia's independence in historical projection is an extremely  modest period for this. In his opinion, building a state requires  generations of hard work. However, in his opinion, there is no other  way.  Accordingly, it is necessary to continue to follow it and build  statehood further.  Against this background, Turkey and Azerbaijan,  according to Iskandaryan, also failed to achieve their goals, in  particular, the resolution of the Karabakh problem in their  understanding. Since in the territory of Azerbaijan, in reality, in a  significantly reduced size, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, again in  their understanding, is home to more than 100 thousand people not  controlled by Baku.

"Accordingly, nothing ended with the 44-day war. Azerbaijan continues  to develop its army, buy weapons, interact with the Turkish army,  conduct joint military exercises with Turkey. And today Aliyev is  actually creating a small Turkish army, and thousands of Azerbaijani  soldiers are undergoing retraining. At the same time, it is not  possible to unleash another large-scale war by Azerbaijan right now.  But, in principle, this very prospect exists today and, by the way,  has always existed, "Iskandaryan summed up.